22+ Funny* Happy Thanksgiving Sayings & Quotes For Facebook – In several religions, it is a norm to credit God for all the good that has befallen the people. It is believed that God is instrumental in blessing them with the fortune. Thanksgiving is one such occasion that Christians have dedicated to thanking their Lord for a healthy harvest and a good year that has passed. This festival is celebrated neither according to the Gregorian calendar nor is celebrated on the same day across the world. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October and USA celebrates it on the fourth Thursday of November.

Since Thanksgiving is not celebrated according to the Gregorian calendar, it comes on a unique date every year. In 2017, Thanksgiving fell on 9 October in Canada and will fall on 23 November in the USA. It is believed that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in October 1621. A feast was organized on this day to celebrate the first harvest that the Pilgrims had harvested in the New World. Pilgrims is a term used for those Europeans who had settled in America. Similarly, New World is a term used by the Europeans for countries like America and the Caribbean islands. This feast, of the first Thanksgiving, lasted for three days.

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The first Thanksgiving ever recorded was celebrated in October 1621. The feast organized in celebration lasted three whole days! According to the records of this Thanksgiving, among the attendees of the feats, 90 were native Americans while 53 were Pilgrims or Europeans who had settled in America. The tradition of the feast in Thanksgiving is continued till date. Now, a huge turkey is carved, stuffed and roasted as the center of the feast. Family and friends get together for this feast. It is not just the feast that’s a Thanksgiving custom, but the preparations too, bring the family together.

The festival of Thanksgiving is such a major occasion that many traditions and customs form an eternal part of it. One such tradition, keeping the custom of the first Thanksgiving alive, is that of roasting carved turkeys for Thanksgiving. In the USA, parades are organized to walk down streets. A gigantic turkey float is the main part of the parade while other floats, complementing the year’s theme are also showcased in these parades. Football matches are organized and families sit together to watch them on Thanksgiving. Charity events, to share one’s good fortune with the less privileged also make an important custom of Thanksgiving.